Military delegates from India and China will hold talks for the eighth time next week to resolve the border dispute in Eastern Ladakh
The defence minister also clearly asserted that there will be no budgetary constraints to enhance the capability of the Army and meeting its other requirements
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The two countries inked a total of five agreements, including the long-negotiated Basic Exchange and Cooperation Agreement (BECA) that will allow sharing of high-end military technology
India's economy is on the mend but GDP growth may be in negative zone or near zero this fiscal, says the Finance Minister.
The in-person talks between India and the United States is taking place at a time when India is locked in a tense standoff with China in eastern Ladakh
The commanders will also deliberate on a slew of long-pending reform measures like cutting down on ceremonial practices and non-military activities
The Defence Minister reviewed the combat preparedness of the Indian Army at the Sukna-based headquarters of its 33 Corps which is responsible for guarding the LAC with China in the Sikkim sector
The Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP), in developments that took place in the last few months, has broken the myth of some countries that they have a powerful army, Union minister G Kishan Reddy said
China proposes India withdraw troops first, assures that both sides could claim it as mutual
Though the date for the eighth round of military talks is yet to be firmed up, it is expected to take place by the first half of next week
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India's anodyne approach to China over the last 70 years has systematically underestimated that country's unrelenting hostility
"I salute and bow in front of the mothers of bravehearts of Galwan valley who not only made the Bihar but the entire country proud," Singh stated
The Indian Army on Wednesday handed over a Chinese soldier who was apprehended in eastern Ladakh to China's People's Liberation Army (PLA), the Chinese Defence Ministry said
The Chinese military has expressed hope that its missing soldier apprehended by the Indian Army in Eastern Ladakh will be released soon. A Chinese soldier was apprehended by the Indian Army in the Demchok sector of Eastern Ladakh on Monday after he had "strayed" across the Line of Actual Control (LAC), an incident that comes amid a massive deployment of troops by the two militaries in the region following the border standoff since May. The Indian Army said in a statement on Monday that the soldier, a Corporal in the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA), has been identified as Wang Ya Long and he will be returned to the Chinese military at the Chushul-Moldo border point after completion of formalities. "China hopes that India will hand over soon the Chinese soldier who got lost in China-India border areas on the evening of October 18 when helping local herdsmen retrieve a yak at their request," said Senior Colonel Zhang Shuili, spokesperson for the Western Theater Command of the PL
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The Chinese soldier has been identified as Wang Ya Long and he has been provided with required medical assistance including oxygen, food and warm clothes
India has been engaged in a military stand-off with China for close to six months now where the two sides have indulged in violent face-offs
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